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An emergency vehicle is seen as smoke from the Wallow Fire covers highway 60 in Springerville, Ariz., Thursday, June 9, 2011. Several mountain communities have emptied in advance of the fire, and a utility that supplies power to customers in southern New Mexico and west Texas issued warnings of possible power interruptions.

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Smoke from the Wallow Fire is seen near Reserve, New Mexico, on Thursday, June 9, 2011.

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Firefighters walk up a hillside as they fight the Wallow Fire in Eagar, Ariz., Thursday, June 9, 2011.

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Firefighters line up for a meal at an incident command center in Eagar, Ariz., as smoke from the Wallow Fire fills the sky, Thursday, June 9, 2011.

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A mountain top glows from the Horseshoe Two fire near Paradise and Portal, Ariz., June 8, 2011. The wildfire has burned through 116,000 acres and is 40 percent contained.

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Smoke from the Wallow Fire rises over a neighborhood in Eagar, Ariz., Thursday, June 9, 2011. A spot fire at the edge of the larger blaze prompted the few residents left in Springerville and the neighboring community of Eagar to flee.

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High tension electrical lines are seen in front of smoke from the Wallow Fire Thursday, June 9, 2011 in Quemado, N.M..

A sign asks for residents to evacuate as the Wallow Fire approaches in Springerville, Ariz., Wednesday, June 8, 2011.

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Transmission lines from the Springerville Generating Station stretch south toward the plume of smoke being generated by the Wallow Fire burning near Springerville, Ariz., on Wednesday, June 8, 2011.

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Members of the media watch the Wallow Fire from a ridge outside of Eagar, Ariz., Wednesday, June 8, 2011.

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Miles of smoke billow skyward from the Wallow Fire, June 7, 2011, near Greer, Ariz. Officials say the blaze has already burned 486 square miles and winds have been driving the flames 5 to 8 miles a day since the fire began a week ago.

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A farm in Luna, N.M., sits below the smoke column from the Wallow Fire, June 3, 2011.

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Fire crew members sharpen their tools as they prepare for a back burn operation in Eagar, Ariz., Wednesday, June 8, 2011. A raging forest fire in eastern Arizona has scorched an area the size of Phoenix, threatening thousands of residents and emptying towns as the flames raced toward New Mexico.

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Emily Shupe comforts her 18-month-old son Jax as the family prepares to evacuate to Phoenix as the Wallow fire approaches in Springerville, Ariz., June 7, 2011.

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Cars line up along highway 60 as smoke from the Wallow fire billows overhead outside of Springerville, Ariz., June 7, 2011. The blaze has burned 486 square miles of ponderosa pine forest, driven by wind gusts of more than 60 mph since it was sparked on May 29 by what authorities believe was an unattended campfire. It officially became the second-largest in Arizona history on Tuesday.

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A sign outside of a home thanks firefighters for their efforts as the Wallow fire approaches in Eagar, Ariz., June 7, 2011.

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A horse stands in the middle of a field as the Wallow fire approaches in Springerville, Ariz., June 7, 2011.

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Smoke stretches for miles from the Wallow Fire Tuesday, June 7, 2011, near Greer, Ariz. Officials say the blaze has already burned 486 square miles and winds have been driving the flames 5 to 8 miles a day since the fire began a week ago.

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Firefighter Rigoberto Torres, of Orange Cove, Calif., walks along the road while watching a flame during the Wallow fire in the Apache-Sitgreaves National Forest near Springerville, Ariz., June 7, 2011.

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73-year-old Jerry Kinney, reflected in the mirror, lights a cigarette as smoke plumes from the Wallow fire fill the sky in Luna, N.M., June 6, 2011. Firefighters worked furiously to save a line of mountain communities in eastern Arizona from a gigantic blaze that has forced thousands of people from their homes and cast a smoky haze over states as far away as Iowa.

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A smoke plume over the east side of the Wallow Fire climbs high into the sky Monday afternoon, June 6, 2011, as strong winds fanned the blaze in Eager, Ariz.

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Photos provided by NASA, taken by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA's Aqua satellite on June 6, 2011, show smoke billowing from the Wallow Fire in eastern Arizona. The fire beneath the smoke is outlined in red. The 365-square-mile Wallow fire has been burning for more than a week.

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Smoke plumes from the Wallow fire rise over the Apache-Sitgreaves National Forest near Luna, N.M., June 6, 2011.

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Navajo County Sheriff's Deputy, who declined to give his name, looks at smoke plumes from the Wallow fire as he talks to a truck driver in the Apache-Sitgreaves National Forest near Luna, N.M., June 6, 2011.

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Elizabeth Mylott, of Gilbert, Ariz., cheers firefighters entering Greer, Ariz. after the Wallow Fire forced the evacuation of the small mountain community, June 6, 2011. Mylott owns a cabin in Pinetop.

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Luke Killough, a firefighter from Tempe, Ariz., drinks water while resting on top of a fire truck in Luna, N.M., June 6, 2011.

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Robert Joseph, 64, rides his ATV as smoke plumes from the Wallow fire fill the sky in Luna, N.M., June 6, 2011.

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Smoke from the Wallow Fire covers Eagar, Ariz., on Monday, June 6, 2011.

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An SUV drives along the street as smoke plumes from the Wallow Fire fill the sky in Luna, N.M., June 6, 2011.

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Horses graze in a field as smoke from the Wallow Fire fills the air in Eagar, Ariz., June 6, 2011.

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Fire trucks leave a firefighting base camp set up near Eagar, Ariz., to battle the Wallow Fire, June 6, 2011.

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Judy Cline, right, an antique shop owner, is comforted by her neighbor Michael Carter Jr. and his girlfriend Kristi Spillman as Cline evacuates her shop in Greer, Ariz., June 5, 2011.

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A 1928 Oldsmobile sedan sits in a flatbed trailer as Allan Johnson, right, and Larry Duffy move furniture as they evacuate their home in Greer, Ariz., June 5, 2011.

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An SUV drives through heavy smoke in Greer, Ariz., June 5, 2011.

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A horse sits in a smoke-filled field in Eager, Ariz., June 4, 2011.

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Mike Taylor from the Arizona Department of Transportation wears a mask as he works at a check point in Picnic Hill, Ariz., June 4, 2011.